Saturday, October 2.1, 1920,,
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE, VA1& QSESOn
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COX'S STATEMENT TO
LABOR PROVED TO BE
GROSSLY INACCURATE
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Claim He Had "Never Pressed a
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TO THE AMERICAN VOTER:
Are you satisfied, even content, with existing conditions cf life?
Of course you are not.
You arc burdened with taxation and the high cost of living.
For everything entering into your daily life you are paying an ab- "".
normal price an unprecedented price.
Why?
Largely, if not altogether, because of the extravagance of government
at Washington because of padded payrolls because of colossal waste
following the war because of looseness, laxity, inefficiency and incom
petency in handling the country's affairs.
You are paying the bills for all this you, Americans, men and
women, who make up the good citizenship of this nation.
You are paying, and paying dearly, for all this.
Ycur Liberty Bonds those I. O. U's of Uncle Sam in which you
invested so proudly, so generously, so patriotically, to help win the war,
are today below par. You made sacrifices, some of you, most of you, to
buy them, and now, with the war long over, but with peace not yet fully
established, you must make further sacrifices, if compelled to sell those
Liberty Cond3, in order to meet the abnormal conditions confronting you
and entering into your daily life at every turn.'
Think of the tragic climax thus put upon your patriotism!
WAR MEANS WASTE. WAR IS WASTE. BUT WAR WASTE
SHOULD HAVE ENDED WITH THE ENDING OF WAR. It did not
end then it has not ended. It has gone on prodigally shamefully.
And you, long-suffering American citizens, are paying the bill paying in
taxes and high cost cf living the price of it alL
I3 it not time to call a halt high time?
A Republican Congress curtailed governmental extravagance to the
extent cf TWO BILLIONS or more reduced the department estimates
to that extent in spite of the resistance and obstruction cf the Wilson
Administration. Think of that! But that was just the beginning of re
trenchment and reform which cannot be effected fully until the Executive
and Legislative departments of the government are working together ef
ficiently und in unison to bring about retrenchment and reform. And this
means A COMPLETE CHANGE AT WASHINGTON the substitution of
eficiency for inefficiency, capacity for incapacity, all along the line.
Then, and then cnly, vill you be relieved of the burdens you are car
rying today.
Ycu are hearing talk about America's duty to the world. Much of
it is intended solely for campaign purposes and is as full of deception as
the cry, "He kept us out of war," the Democratic slogan of 1916, when
the Administration at Washington knew full well that no power under
Heaven could keep us out of war, and that, in fact, at the very moment,
when an election was being scantily won by false pretences, the Nation
vas even then virtually at war.
America do her duty to -the world!
When, pray, did America ever fail to do her duty her full duty
in any crisis or contingency affecting mankind? Never!
And America can be counted upon as confidently in the fu' ure as
the has been counted upon in the past.
AMERICA IS A DUTY DOING NATION. Any suggestion to the
contrary whatever the individual view as to the adjustment of world
affairs, whether through a League of Nations or not- is an affront to
every true American ind must be dealt with as such.
The Republican Party phdges you Good Government. . It pledges
to ycu efficiency, e.:-nomy, courage and the square deal. It pledges you
tn American government the sort of government that a long and illustri
ous li-ic of Republican Presidents have given this Republic.
DO NOT ALLOW YOUR COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE
RESULT TO KEEP YOU FROM THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
Do ycur duty as a citizen an a'ert, wide-awake, American citizen -juct
as America has ever done and will continue to do her full duty as
a nation, and thus will you help to put ycur Uncle Sam's house in order.
Vote for HARDING and COOLIDGE and a REPUBLICAN CON
GRESS on November 2, and all will be made welL
HARDING and COOLIDGE MEAN GOOD GOVERNMENT.
And GOOD GOVERNMENT is what we all need and must have.
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band gel H) nnrt g've one of I lie edit
dren drink after lie goes in bed. )
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till Die fiext il.ijr ciiiiplulliliitf that b
us up all night feud never got wlub
of levy. Arkauauw Tuowaa CU
Question Not About Merits of
Strike or Need for M.litary,
but as to Truthfulness.
By WILLIAM HOSTER.
Columbus, O. Governor James M
Cot's bonsted labor record bus been
(haltered by his own olllelnl act.
Claiming (lint he Imil "never pressed
soldier Into nil Industrial controver
sy." the record of his action us gov
ernor of Ohio In niohlllr.lnK Na
tional Guard of this state for service
In the steel strike of 1919 has been
produced In flat contradiction or his
assertion.
Not once, but on two occasions ivns
the Ohio guard, nt nn cxpenxe of ?S
000 to the people of Ohio, culled Into
service and sent to Akron and held In
readiness for uctlon In nearby Canton
The question Is not as to the merits
of the strike or as to the necessity for
the presence of tbe guard within strlk
lug distance of Canton, but concerus
wholly the truthfulness of Governor
Cox's statement, obviously made lo win
favor among the worklngmen. The
facts ns brought out In tbe speech of
Republican Slate Chairman George II
Clark, formally opening the campaign
at Columbus, are as follows:
Ordered Guard Out Twice.
After the steel strike had progressed
for some days, with more or less disor
der. Governor Cox on September 28,
1019, suddenly ordered the mobilization
of the guard at Akron. A period of
quiet followed, and the troops were
withdrawn. And then again suddenly
on October 25 the guard was once more
mobilized and sent to Akron, and while
It lay there at that strategic point
awaiting a summons Into action stufT
officers representing Governor Cox kepi
close watch on the situation lo Can
ton. In his speech at Wheeling, W. VnH
on the night of August 14 Governor
Cox suld:
"For six years I have been In execu
tlve authority In the great industrial
state of Ohio. During all this time I
have never pressed a soldier into an la
dustrlal controversy."
The question Is, did Governor Cox
tell the truth? Answering this ques
tion. Chairman Clark In his Columbus
speech displayed to his audience a pho
tographic copy of Speclnl Order No. H2
issued from the Adjutant General's de
partment of the State of Ohio, dated
Columbus, October 25, 1910, which des
ignated certain oflicers for Immediate
active service and paragraph 4 ol
which reads:
. Fa-s Presented.
"In anticipation of the development
of a rioting cond.tlon at Canton, O., the
Governor of Ohio has deemed It neces
sary to assemble a sufficient number of
state troops at Akron, O., to he held In
readiness lo render aid to the civil iiu
lliorillt's at Canton, O., mid has so di
rected tbe Adjutnnt General of Ohio,
who. pursuant to such order, d I reels
Colonel Benson W. Hough to proceed
without delay to Akron, O., to take
command of nil state troops up ui ar
rival at Akron, O., and to hold tliem In
readiness for duty, awaiting further
orders."
The order is signed by tho Adjutant
General and counter-signed In. these
words, "By command of Governor Cox."
Old Governor Cox toll the truth to
the workingmcn?
Supplementing this documentary
proof, Mr. Clark produced photograph
ic copies of headlines from Clinton, O..
newspapers of concurrent dute, which
read : "Slate troops mobilizing for duty
here. All available companies lire or
dered out." And, "Governor orders
troops for duty here, Ohio soldiers re
porting to armories following trouble."
Truth Should Be Known.
The surprising thing about It nil Is
thai Governor Cox In his Wheeling
speech should hnve made so flat an as
sertion when nil of tbe fucts with re
gard to his mobilization of the gimi J
were still fresh In tbe public mind, at
legs. Lri-Olllo, Oi course It. Isj'lL.tll ' p
expecleif" tliut wbrking.ueir eloewhere
In the United States would be familiar
with the circumstances, and It wits for
that reason that State Chairman Clnrk
In his speech stressed the necessity for
the people all over the country to !
Informed llinl Governor Cox't assertion
that he "never pressed a soldier Into
nn Industrial controversy" was abso
lutely at vnrlence with the truth.
Publication of these official fnrts tins
utterly confounded the advocates of
Governor Cox's election, who have been
making a special plea to Ihe working
men on the hasl.: of bis West Virginia
speech. The revelations un to Mr.
Cox's mobllizat'on of the troops are
being compared with the sworn state
ment of liquor league contributions to
bis gubernatorial campaign fund In
refutation of his statement that "the
wets have never contributed one dollar
to any of my campaigns." In both
cases the point Is made that the Issue
Is not as to the merit of his mobiliza
tion of Ihe troops, on the one band, or
as to the status of tbe wet and dry
question, on tbe other band, but tli-t
the real Issue Is as to the degree of
truth and accuracy absolutely neces
sary In one who seeks to be president
Of U3 United Plates.
BACK PORCH CAMPAIGN TO
BE BEGUN SOON OY WILSON
Washington. Gradually being
pushed to tbe rear by the progress of
the canvass It Is now announced that
President Wllsou Is to wage a "Hack
Porch" campaign. The local evening
papers announce this fart and sn
that the plan Is being discussed bj
tbe Administration leaders. It ma)
even come wltblu a week, some nt
lhi i.0 leaders b llrve. Edmund II
Moore, who managed Governor Cox
pre-coii volition rsinpiilgn. Is plvci
credit for this rear attack on tin
Harding method Of tulug Uie froul
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IM NATIONAL T.-CKET
, WARREN G. HARDING.
For President of The United States
CALVIN COOLIDGE
For Vice-President cf the U. S.
STATE TICKET
WARREN M. BROWN
For Justice of Oregon Supreme Court
N. J. SINNOTT
For U. S. Congressman, 2nd District
CHARLES E. ELLIS
Of Burns, For State Senator
P. J. GALLAGHER
Of Ontario, For State Representative
Which Do Yo
COUNTY TICKET
KOP.EKT D. LYTLE
For District Attorney
H. LEE NOE
Of Vale, For Sheriff
GILBERT W. DEAN
Of Ontario, For Co. Commissioner
HARRY S. SACKETT
Of Vule, For County Clerk
C. C. MUELLER
Of Vale, For County Treasurer
ANDREW GRAHAM
Of Juntura, For County Assessor
F.FFIE M. CRAIL
Of Vale, For County School Supt.
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CHAMBERLAIN A "FREE TRADER"
Who voted for and helped to bring foreign beef, wool, but
ter, eggs, mutton and wool into Oregon; w!io sat silently by
while Oregon was robbed of her reclamation fuwls, who votes
for and with the FREE TRADE Democrats cf the South, and
who refuses to interest himself in the development cf Oregon... .
OR
STANFIELD A "PROTECTIONIST"
Who will work and vote to protect the farming and livestock
industry of the Country; who will bring back to Oregon her mil
lions for irrigation, and who will always ba our friend and
agent in the National Capitol.
Your personal interest is at stake; your family is entitled to
a fighting chance and an even break with the South American
the Australian and New Zealand meat producer, and the Cu
nadian wheat grower.
Malheur County Republican Club
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R0I1ERT D. LYTLE
Republican Candidate For
District Attorney
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ROBERT STANFIELD
Republican Candidate For
United States Senator